基韦斯特的人偶罗伯特：来参观的人要先打招呼，走的时候还要道别

At the southernmost tip of Florida in the United States is a small town called Key West. In the East Martello Museum in town, there is a doll about a meter tall, wearing a sailor suit, holding a small lion in one hand, with a face sewn from cloth and eyes made of two black buttons. Its name is Robert.

Its first owner was a local boy named Robert Otto, whom the family called Gene. Legend has it that in 1904, a nanny from the Bahamas gave him this doll. Another version says the nanny was dissatisfied with the family and gave it to them, claiming the thing had "magic." The boy named it after himself and took it wherever he went.

Later, neighbors said that sometimes the doll was seen moving from one window to another upstairs in the Otto house. Adults heard the little boy talking to himself in his room, then another voice answering. Every time something broke or there was trouble at home, Gene's catchphrase was: "Robert did it."

When Gene grew up, he became a painter, inherited the house, and kept living with the doll in the attic. He died in 1974, and the house was sold to new owners. It is said that the new owner's little daughter claimed the doll moved at night, scaring her so much she dared not sleep. In 1994, the doll was moved to the East Martello Museum and placed in a glass cabinet.

In the museum, there is an unwritten rule among visitors: before taking a photo, say to it, "Robert, may I take your picture?" If its head tilts a bit, that means consent; if it doesn't move, don't take the photo. Those who took photos without greeting it reportedly lost their wallets or had minor car accidents after returning home. Over the decades, the museum has received a pile of apology letters from all over the world, filling several file boxes, most beginning with the same line: Sorry, I didn't ask you.

Museum staff say they don't comment on whether to believe it or not; they just keep the letters and put them in the box.

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